If
Crossed has taught me anything it is that only the sick will
survive. Most of these people who arrange compounds or safe havens
have a sick, depraved reason for doing so. It kind of makes you think
about people in the world who seem normal on the surface and go about
their daily life. Who knows what people are like inside their head,
though? Your friends or neighbors could be really sick people and
just need that push to go off of the deep end. Something like, say,
civilization collapsing because of the Crossed.

The
Folly, the story from the 2014
Annual, is even better
than the main arc collected here. A young boy with asthma who has
been bullied and has never accomplished anything in his life is faced
with the realization that we are the makers of our own destiny...even
a destiny like this. It is the human backdrop against the carnage
that keeps me plunking down money time and again for this series.
That and the fact that this is just so f**ked up and wrong, like a
train wreck that I have to keep taking another peek at when I should
just turn and walk away like decent people would do. Weep for my
humanity, for it must surely be dead.

Junk
Food For Thought rating: 4 out of 5.

The
OCD zone-
Some of the variants are presented here. They should release a book
with all of the variant covers. That would be cool.

These
hardcovers are Direct Market exclusives supposedly not available
online. ;)

Paper
stock: Good weight glossy coated stock.

Binding:
Perfect bound.

Hardback
cover notes:
Super thick waxlike lamination on the casewrap make this
dustjacket-free hardcover a joy.